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Outing
This city is wonderful on holiday weekends. I love the abandoned streets and taking everyone out on walks when tumbleweeds are practically rolling down the avenues in my neck of the woods.
But I'm betraying myself this weekend and will be hitting the road for a few hits of sea air.
Of course this decision to trot off that came so easily weeks ago is now completely fraught. I'm fighting something off and while I'm as prepared as any girl scout (antibiotics handy, home remedies easily packed, precautions being taken even as I type), I do feel as if I'm asking for it, straying from home.
This is the way for me, though. I don't travel easily, even thought this is the simplest trip. Even Felix was all packed up in record time and his bag is sitting by the front door. My family is expecting us; the dog has been stripped and fixed up with Frontline. We haven't taken off yet and already I feel like turning back.
We won't, of course, and before I know it I'll be back in my abandoned city, well ahead of the fireworks. That point is moot, though, since the spectacular doesn't get rolling until well after Felix's bedtime. (Someone asked me today if he's afraid of them, and I really can't say. He isn't afraid of thunder, if that counts for anything. Neither is the dog.)
Has anyone tried continuous sun block spray on a toddler? He's on a determined hat strike, so I have to cover my bases, and it seemed the best way to keep his scalp (and mine) from turning some unpleasant shade.
It's unlikely I'll be making it, but if you're in the city and you feel like braving it, here are the trains to take.
posted by Elise at 7:57 PM
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